# Melissa Nikolakakos

Melissa Nikolakakos is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 20
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d5c67d4-7a66-40f3-8dbd-0136155955d2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d5c67d4-7a66-40f3-8dbd-0136155955d2 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Nikolakakos voted against the majority of Montana House Republicans 341 times; party unity 66%, in the bottom 5% of the Montana House (average 89%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.02), from 76 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.0% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 66% (89%). 341 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.melissaforus.com

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d5c67d4-7a66-40f3-8dbd-0136155955d2